Manipulate
the spectrum so that an octave sounds dissonant and a seventh or ninth sounds
consonant.
Normally, octaves
sound decidedly consonant and sevenths or ninths sound
extremely dissonant.
With this application,
partials can be shifted from their natural ratios (1:2:3:4 ...)
to unnatural ratios, so that their timbres no longer fit into
familiar scales:
In the application,
click on the "8"at"Intervals" to hear an
octave. Then click on "1:1.9" at "Presets 1"
and "Presets 2" respectively. You will hear and see that
the partials are squeezed and the octave sounds dissonant.
Now select the
major seventh ("maj. 7") at "Intervals"
and hear that it suddenly sounds more consonant than the octave.
Try the same
with the minor ninth ("min. 9" at "Intervals"
and "1:2,1" at "Presets 1" and "Presets
2"). Compare the suddenly more consonant ninth with the now
much more dissonant octave ("8").
Use the sliders
for "Frequency" and "Factor" as well as
the many setting options for the amplitude to try out further constellations
that turn normally consonant intervals into dissonant ones and
vice versa.